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STATEMENT BY SENATOR J. W. FULBRIGHT IN THE
U. S. SENATE JULY 24, 1957 on H. R. 6127.
Mr. President, a long time ago when I was a boy
attending a small town high school there was an occasion when
I felt terribly let down concerning a man for whom at that
time I had a profound respect in a kind of youthful hero
worship. The man was George Washington, But I felt terribly
let down toward him when I read these lines about him in a
text by Edward Everett. Everett began his text in this
way: "Washington," he said, "was pre-eminently a man
of common sense,"
Naturally as a boy I had thought of Washington in
terms of the famous painting of Washington Crossing the
Delaware, There he stood, cloaked and determined looking, in
a small boat crossing the broad river, amid cakes of ice,
on his way to destroy the Hessians on the other side of the
Delaware. I was told that this hero of mine, this fighter,
this dashing soldier, was distinguished primarily by common
sense,
It was only years later that I began to understand
the significance of Everett's text. It was only later that I
began to understand that without Washington's balance —
indeed his common sense — it is probable that this great
country of ours might never have been founded as a democracy.
And it was only later that I discovered that among men common-
sense is a most uncommon quality.
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STATEMENT BY SENATOR J. W. FULBRIGHT IN THE
U. S. SENATE JULY 24, 1957 on H. R. 6127.
Mr. President, a long time ago when I was a boy
attending a small town high school there was an occasion when
I felt terribly let down concerning a man for whom at that
time I had a profound respect in a kind of youthful hero
worship. The man was George Washington, But I felt terribly
let down toward him when I read these lines about him in a
text by Edward Everett. Everett began his text in this
way: "Washington," he said, "was pre-eminently a man
of common sense,"
Naturally as a boy I had thought of Washington in
terms of the famous painting of Washington Crossing the
Delaware, There he stood, cloaked and determined looking, in
a small boat crossing the broad river, amid cakes of ice,
on his way to destroy the Hessians on the other side of the
Delaware. I was told that this hero of mine, this fighter,
this dashing soldier, was distinguished primarily by common
sense,
It was only years later that I began to understand
the significance of Everett's text. It was only later that I
began to understand that without Washington's balance —
indeed his common sense — it is probable that this great
country of ours might never have been founded as a democracy.
And it was only later that I discovered that among men common-
sense is a most uncommon quality.
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